Dr. Edward De Wolf
Dr. Edward De Wolf is a plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon from a family of four generations of physicians. He focuses on both plastic surgery of the face and body as well as microsurgical breast reconstructions.
Specialties
Dr. Edward De Wolf specializes in both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery of the face, breast and body. Within aesthetic surgery, he performs refined procedures such as eyelid corrections, facelifts, nose corrections, lipofilling and neck lifts, as well as skin-improving treatments with injectables, fillers, muscle relaxants and skin boosters.
In the field of breast surgery, his expertise includes breast augmentations, breast reductions, breast reconstructions and breast lifts, including lipofilling and corrections of gynecomastia. Additionally, he treats body contouring and corrections after weight loss, including abdominal wall corrections, thigh and arm lifts, buttock augmentation and scar corrections.
In reconstructive surgery, Dr. De Wolf focuses on restoring function and form after trauma, congenital abnormalities or oncological procedures, with particular experience in head and neck surgery. Each treatment is personally tailored by him to the individual anatomy and wishes, with focus on naturalness, balance and a result that suits the patient.
Education
Dr. De Wolf obtained his medical degree from Ghent University in 2013, with great distinction. For his basic training in general surgery, he went to the GZA hospitals in Antwerp, where he gained experience in abdominal, vascular, orthopedic and urological surgery under the guidance of Dr. Peter Cools. He completed this training in 2015 with great distinction.
He completed his specialization in plastic surgery partly at AZ Groeninge in Kortrijk and further at the internationally renowned Ghent University Hospital. There he was taught by Professor Stan Monstrey and Professor Phillip Blondeel in the most modern techniques of breast reconstruction, microsurgery, aesthetic surgery, transgender surgery and burn treatment. For five consecutive years, he passed the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum examination with great or highest distinction.
In addition to his training, Dr. De Wolf further expanded his expertise during fellowships at home and abroad (Caen, Geneva, Bad Kreuznach, Istanbul and Leuven). He published several scientific articles in national and international journals and was a speaker at various conferences.
Since 2020, Dr. De Wolf has been recognized as a specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. Since September of that year, he has been part of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the Sint-Jan campuses in Bruges and Henri Serruys in Ostend.
the person behind the expertise
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